Presenter: Heather Han

The Field of play-Carolyn Kenny

Psychotherapy-Play Therapy  Value for openness

The Field of play

Field The musical space

: reasonable way to perceive or imagine reality
The concept of “the field” allows us to focus and
appreciate that which is in the field, and the
conditions and relationships among the participants
contained within this space.
: the musical space is a contained space which is an
intimate and private field created in the relationship
between the therapist and client.
Sacred, safe space
Home base

Musical Space-conditions
Primary elements/fields

Primary Fields
 Belief in the power of sound to
change and form
The aesthetic (Blue)
 Commitment
The musical space (Violet)
 A value for relating
The field of play (Red)

Secondary fields  Containment

Ritual (Green)

A particular state of consciousness (Dark Blue) The field of play

Power (Orange) : space of experimentation, modeling, imitation in

Creative Process (Rose)
*all are essential and of equal value*
sound forms which express, represent and
communicate significant feelings, thoughts,
attitudes, values, behavioral orientations, issues
of growth and change.

Surprise
The aesthetic
Playfulness
The aesthetic is a field of beauty which is the human
Fluidity
person
Confidence
Aesthetics-Conditions
Field of play-conditions
 Value for beauty in changing places
of human development  Belief that through playing in
sound, creative development will occur
 Love
 A value for play and modeling
 Anticipation
 Openness
 Existential attitude

 Value for the principles of the self-

Ritual
organizing system
 Presenter: Heather Han

The Field of play-Carolyn Kenny

: has a sacred quality, just as the musical space. possibilities in the arena of change

Contained Experienced through a dialogue between inner

motivation, strength, and movement and significant
Home base external
Arena of repeatable forms and gestures, the Power-Conditions
constants, which provide a ground base for
innovation • Building up of energy to a
threshold point
Ritual-conditions
• Actualization and action
 Constants
• containment
 Repetition

 Containment
Creative process

: interplay of forms, gestures and relationships,

A particular state of consciousness
:state of deep concentration and focused attention, yet
deep relaxation
Particular state of consciousness-conditions
which as a whole constitute the context for a
movement toward wholeness
Existential being
Not product-oriented=process is the product

 Fluidity Knowledge of self-organizing system

 The state itself (between the Creative process

abstract and the concrete)
 The process, including all previous
 Openness conditions

Power

: cumulative energy which draws one into new

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TherapyDefinition

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Kenny, C. B. (1989). The field of play: a guide for the theory and practice of music therapy. Independence,
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P. (2011, April 06). "Music" - An example of its use in Play Therapy. Retrieved December 1, 2017, from
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